Construction and Maintenance Audit

LA Consulting evaluated and reviewed Construction & Maintenance operations at the Port of Los Angeles that included water & land clean-up, pile driving & wrapping, marine carpentry, crane maintenance, gardening, and street maintenance. LA Consulting is currently in the process of assisting in software selection. This is used for assisting the County in planning, organizing, directing, and controlling public works operations.

The Port of Los Angeles is the busiest port in the United States in terms of TEU (Twenty Foot Equivalent Units) traffic with land area that covers approximately 4,200 acres and an additional 3,300 water acres. The Port operates as a landlord port and contains 27 cargo terminals, 270 berths, 62 wharves, and one cruise ship terminal. The Port’s cargo volume has seen an average annual increase of nearly 20% from 1997 to 2007 and the number of cargo containers has increased by 200%.

LA Consulting was retained to review current operation, assist in the development of an annual plan for a 700 lane-mile and 500 mile flood channel system, and to train staff to operate in the most efficient manner

LA Consulting assisted in the implementation of maintenance management software for Clark County, Washington; which maintains a network of over 2,750 lane miles of roads, 6,700 catch basin, 72 bridges and 115 sidewalk miles.

LA Consulting believes that if implemented, tremendous positive impacts will result from the effectiveness of public dollars expended, efficiency of work performed and a positive attitude by the involvement of all staff in an approach to work being done.

“There has been a dramatic change in city council and citizen reactions to public works maintenance,” says Public Works Director Hank Van Dyke. “There are no longer complaints at the city council meetings.”

The goal of this effort is to show the positive impacts that will result from the effectiveness of public dollars expended, efficiency of work performed and a positive attitude by the involvement of all staff in an approach to work being done.